273_27 Office Machines and Office Ergonomic Equipment

Buyer
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
Value
£3,333,333
Closes
17 November 2026
Where
Leicester, the East Midlands
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Leicestershire County Council (through ESPO) is setting up a supply framework for office equipment and ergonomic products. They want suppliers to provide office machines (shredders, laminators, trimmers), ergonomic desk equipment (sit-stand desks, monitor risers, footrests), and clocks to stock their warehouse and supply to public sector customers.

What the buyer wants

• Supply office machines such as shredders, laminators, trimmers and guillotines, labelling machines • Supply ergonomic office equipment including sit-stand workstations, monitor risers, footrests, laptop stands, lumbar supports and desk accessories • Supply analogue and digital clocks • Deliver products both to ESPO's distribution centre in Leicester and directly to end customers across the public sector

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This is a £3.3 million framework contract requiring the ability to stock a large warehouse, manage distribution logistics, and supply multiple public sector organisations simultaneously: most one-person traders and very small businesses (under 5 staff) will lack the distribution infrastructure, inventory management systems, and capital to compete effectively.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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